topic Re: My Device; Edit entry. Software version addition in Network Access Control

My Device; Edit entry. Software version addition

les_davis — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 18:12:02 GMT

We have imported our contract information and added some manually. When we attempt to add our software version the search tool never returns a match. Is there an example or can somebody provide an example for what the field is looking for?

See below for an example that does not work.

Add

Software Version 16.03.01a

Unable to validate software version

Re: My Device; Edit entry. Software version addition

Arne Bier — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 04:16:12 GMT

Hi @les_davis

The Software Version field is an optional and user-defined value. Cisco just put it there as a nice to have. There is no ordered list that you can select versions from. It's just a text input field that accepts any string of text you put into it. Same applied to Model Name.

I have never seen a need to populate this value, because I would not need to make custom Policy Sets that involve the version of a NAS, for example. ISE builds an internal list from all the unique values that you end up typing in there. And then makes it available in drop down list for future use. You can create your own arbitrary Device attributes too (e.g. Device Buiding, Device Floor, Device Colour, etc.)

Re: My Device; Edit entry. Software version addition

Damien Miller — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 05:35:28 GMT

I like to create one to differentiate between "monitor" and "enforcement" policies in TrustSec.